Wooden french shoe-heel



J. L. PREO AND I. HENNE.

WOODEN FRENCH SHOE HEEL. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1919.

INVENTOR! it? Z\ AZ-n 4 TTORNEV Patented May 25,1920.

UNITED TATES PATENT QFFICE.

JOHN L. PRIEO AND ISABELLE HENNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WOODEN rnmvon SHOE-HEEL.

Application filed September 19, 1919. Serial No. 324,870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JorrN L. Pnno and ISABELLF. HE'NNE, citizens of theUnited States, residing in the city and State of New York, have jointlyinvented a new and useful Improvement in VVooden French Shoe-Heels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to wooden French shoe heels. and to the top-liftsthereof. The top-lift is customarily secured to the bottom of the heelby a number of nails disposed outwardly from the center, and in theapplication of the lift or when removing a worn lift and replacing itwith a new one, the nails are likely to chip and break the edges of theconstricted heel. The object of the present invention is to overcomethis difiiculty by simple and practical means in no way affecting theappearance of the heel. In accordance with this plan the lift isattached by means of an in terior screw taking into a screw-socketedkeeper, which is inserted into the heel through a hole opening from thefront and concealed by the finishing layer of the breast, the attachmentinvolving only-preformed holes and avoiding injury to the delicatespread edges of the bottom.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof:

Figure 1 is a side view of lower part being in section; V

Fig. 2 is a sectional view, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; I

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of another form of the invention;and

Fig. 4; is a fragmentary sectional view of still another form.

Describing first Figs. 1 and 2, the wooden French heel body 1 is ofusual form, 2

a heel, the

is the leather top-lift, and 3 is the leather covering of the front ofthe heel. A short central opening 4; is bored upward from the bottom ofthe heel, (that is to say, downward from the top, considering'theinverted working condition), and this is met by an opening 5 boredinward from the front, through the breast.

Into the openingo there is inserted a keeper 6, consisting of a metalblock, plug, bar or' the like, having a tapped socket 7 formed therein,to register with the opening 4:. A headed screw 8 is inserted uptheheel. The stem 10 is hollow or socketed fat the bottomQand the socket isinternally threaded for engagement by a screw 8 ward through an interiorhole in the top- 5 lift and through the opening 4, and screwed into thesocket of the keeper '6, whereby it tightly clampsthe top-lift withoutdanger of injuring the wooden edges, and in such manner that the liftcan be readily removed and substituted by a new one as often as may bedesired. The opening 5 being covered by the finishing layer 3, the

appearanceof the heel is not impaired.

7 Fig. 8 illustrates the fact that there may be a plurality of openingsr in the bottom of the heel and a corresponding number of screws 8taking into a plurality of screw-threaded sockets in a keeper 6. In thiscase, also, the holes are preformed and together with the fasteningelements are located away from the edges.

In the form illustrated in Fig. 4, a diagonal bored hole '9 extends fromthe front face of the heel downward and rearward through the bottom, ator near the center. This hole receives the stem 10 of a keeper 6 at theiupper end of which is a thin head" 11 formed to fit flatly against theface of which is inserted diagonally upward through a hole in thetop-lift. The head 11 is concealed by the finishing layer 3, withoutbulging, and holds the keeper against displacement.

What is claimed as new is:

1. The combination of a high wooden shoe heel having an openingextending inward from its front face, a keeper inserted into saidopening and having a threaded socket, a top-lift, and a screw forsecuring the top lift inserted upward into ongagement with the socket ofthekeeper.

2. The combination with a high wooden shoe heel having an openingextending upward from its bottom and an intersecting opening extendinginward from the front of the heel in angular relation to the firstopening, and a top-lift, of a keeper inserted into the second openingand having a threaded socket, and a screw for fastening the top liftextending upward into the first opening and engaged with the socket

